Ballyboden (Baile Buadáin in Irish, meaning "Boden Town ") is a locality within the suburb of Rathfarnham in South Dublin, at the foot of the Dublin mountains between Whitechurch, Ballyroan and Knocklyon.
According to the 2006 Census, Ballyboden has a population of about five thousand.
Republic of Ireland football player Damien Duff is from the locality as was Australian Football League player and Brownlow Medallist Jim Stynes.
Ballyboden is home to two Gaelic Athletic Association clubs, Ballyboden Wanderers, who play in Mount Venus Road, and Ballyboden St. Enda's, who have a new playing facility at Sancta Maria College.
Read more about Ballyboden: The Parish of Ballyboden